Investment Group Calls for Mackey to Leave

An investment group affiliated with a union federation last week called for Whole Foods Market to replace the embattled John Mackey as its chairman.

NEW YORK — An investment group affiliated with a union federation last week called for Whole Foods Market to replace the embattled John Mackey as its chairman. CtW Investment Group here, an investment fund that manages pension funds for the collection of unions called Change to Win, wrote a letter to Whole Foods’ board of directors saying that Mackey’s pseudonymous postings on online stock message boards have damaged his reputation and possibly hindered the pending merger with Wild Oats. “We ...

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